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sub⋅di⋅vide

  [suhb-di-vahyd, suhb-di-vahyd] verb, -vid⋅ed, -vid⋅ing.
Use subdivide in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
2. to divide into parts.
3. to divide (a plot, tract of land, etc.) into building lots.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become separated into divisions.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL subdīvīdere. See sub-, divide

Related forms:
sub⋅di⋅vid⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sub⋅di⋅vid⋅er, noun
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sub·di·vide   (sŭb'dĭ-vīd', sŭb'dĭ-vīd')   
v.   sub·di·vid·ed, sub·di·vid·ing, sub·di·vides

v.   tr.
  1. To divide a part or parts of into smaller parts.
  2. To divide into a number of parts, especially to divide (land) into lots.
v.   intr.
To form into subdivisions.
sub'di·vid'er n.
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Subdivide

Sub`di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subdivided; p. pr. & vb. n. Subdividing.] [L. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See Divide.] To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.

The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. --Dryden.

Subdivide

Sub`di*vide"\, v. i. To be, or to become, subdivided.
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Language Translation for : subdivide
Spanish: subdividir,
German: unterteilen,
Japanese: 再分する
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subdivide 
1432, from L.L. subdividere from sub in the sense of "resulting from further division" + L. dividere (see division). Subdivision is attested from 1553; sense of "land broken into lots for housing development" is from 1911.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sub·di·vide
Pronunciation: "s&b-d&-'vId, 's&b-d&-"
Function: transitive verb
: to divide into several parts; specifically : to divide (a tract of land) into two or more lots for sale or building development
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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